Anddd there goes the top of Alex’s head...! Lol cheers guys this was AWESOME!! Where do we go from here?! 🙌🏻🔥

@TheFlowNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

First place you go is to the Woodstock movie and watch the REAL live version of this song. Then you want to check out Joe's version of "The Letter"...another cover version that he did better than the original.

@mairilogie1480

3 жыл бұрын

Joe Cockers version of The Letter live

@crimmo54

3 жыл бұрын

He really is better live. May I suggest Delta Lady, Cry Me A River, Feelin'Alright all from the same concert album as this.

@home2624

3 жыл бұрын

Woodstock.

@melindajolly5787

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely need to do The Letter, brilliant. Also you are so beautiful, it's soulful. Its my husband and mine wedding dance song!

There aren't many who've covered a Beatles tune and made it better. This is one of those rare cases. RIP Joe.

@lamonready4582

Жыл бұрын

And RIP Leon....

@maryk446

Жыл бұрын

I agree that Joe made the song better, but in all fairness, he basically made it almost a whole new song. The real achievement is to do a song in a similar way to the original artist but made your version better. This is extremely hard to do.

@fridaylong2812

Жыл бұрын

@@maryk446 But the Beatles felt that his version was better, and said it was now Joe's song. Saw him at the Gorge, opening for Tom Petty. Joe was amazing.

@orange222...

Жыл бұрын

@@fridaylong2812 that must have been incredible. Wow, what an experience.

@eliseobrien7709

7 ай бұрын

John Farnham, “Help”

Joe is not intoxicated here he just feels the music with his entire body.

@jacobmassey3897

Жыл бұрын

Looks like he's feeling it with his bladder 😆💦

@terryanngallagher3605

Жыл бұрын

It's his way...just like in Woodstock. I was so young then and thought he was high but no....he's just being JOE!

@Rock_Snob

Жыл бұрын

Sorry no…but Joe Cocker was well into snorting heroin & coke (no needles) and heavy drinking on this tour. (well documented) He got off heroin in 1973 but remained a full blown alcoholic for a long time after.

@rochellezimmerbishop4681

Жыл бұрын

He was on a cocktail of serious drugs here. Shame, he was handed this stuff constantly, the tour was a nonstop drug trip. The fact that he didnt OD on this tour can only be due to his Welsh coal miner background. So glad he stayed around.

@Shari225

10 ай бұрын

@@rochellezimmerbishop4681 So that's what was going on. I can never watch him when I listen. His physical dysfunction is too painful to watch.

His Woodstock performance of this is, hands down, my favorite version of this song!

@mpemberton7760

2 ай бұрын

One of the most epic live performances ever!

@lhcarter

22 күн бұрын

The Woodstock version has the best scream in ANY song.

@mpemberton7760

21 күн бұрын

@@lhcarter That scream is epic!

The gentleman in the blue top hat playing guitar is the incomparable Leon Russell.

@ohfour-seven6228

Жыл бұрын

Amen for the shout out!

@aliceclark9120

Жыл бұрын

I thought that was him but I wasn't sure , thanks for pointing him out

@hathead2

Жыл бұрын

@@aliceclark9120 that’s him. I used to be his paper boy (a couple of years after this performance) and we’d see him around the neighborhood driving a Rolls Royce all the time.

@aliceclark9120

Жыл бұрын

@@hathead2 that would have been something!!!

@Long2556

2 ай бұрын

Yeah. Baby. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gqqcqcGNn5Weeqg.htmlsi=NWT4fRA7bwywopzJ ... Finally, some acknowledgement for an American rock treasure, the monumental Leon Russell. Can you hear his music in Elton John's?

Legendary contributors: Leon Russll on guitar, Chris Stainton on keys and Bobby Keys on Sax. all legends. Stainton still on tour with Eric Clapton 50 years on.

@DanielSanchez-og4ox

Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget both Jims (Gordon and Keltner) on drums!

@TulsaGirlForever

Жыл бұрын

And Jim Horn also on sax! Claudia Lennear, Kathy McDonald, Rita Coolidge & Don Preston on BGV & the S on Joe's shirt? Upside down Superman logo inside an egg, logo for Leon Russell's Shelter Records. (until the logo police made Leon change it)

@blowzo1998

Жыл бұрын

@@TulsaGirlForever And Carol Kaye on bass.

@edwardcapobianco2975

Жыл бұрын

Leon Russell on guitar, Jim Gordon and Jim keltner on drums. Carl radle on bass. This is a hell of a band. Bobby keys on sax. What you have here is half of Derek and the dominos Jim Gordon and carl Radle. Also a background vocalist is Rita Coolidge.

@edwardcapobianco2975

Жыл бұрын

@@blowzo1998 Carl radle played bass,the great musician from Tulsa.

My favorite performance of this one is the duet with John Belushi on SNL. Belushi was notorious for his parody of Cocker, and to see that he could take a joke and own it spoke volumes about Joe as not just a performer, but as a person.

@bjam27

Жыл бұрын

Belushi was a pretty blues singer.

@jamessweet5341

2 ай бұрын

@@bjam27 John could belt em with the best. A great great loss on many counts.

Joe Cockers version of The Letter is also amazing..

Paul McCartney said he would be forever grateful to Joe Cocker for taking that song and turning it into a soul anthem.

When did you last hear a voice as distinctive and emotive as that? No auto tune. Has anyone come along in the last 40.years? No.

@svtinker

Жыл бұрын

Tracy Chapman

@bjam27

Жыл бұрын

I can do it, one time.

He took a Beatles song, and turned it inside out into a blues song and made it his own!

That scream! He pulled out his own appendix, stuffed it back in, and kept on singing. Magnificent.

Joe Cocker. An ex gas fitter from my hometown of Sheffield, U.K. Can you imagine him singing to himself while repairing your gas boiler ? 🤣

@eddisstreet

2 ай бұрын

How do you fit gas?

When the guest guitar player (in the studio version) is Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin and that's not even the main appeal of the song, you know it's some next level stuff.

Hi guys 67 year old woman here from Sheffield where Joe was born and where all my elder brothers and sisters used to watch him perform in all the local pubs/bars before he was famous, what a legend just a great guy

His live performance are stuff of legend even when into his 60’s. He sung with his whole body not just his voice. “You’re so beautiful “ and “ Delta lady” are absolute musts 🔥🔥🔥

My mom met him when my cousin was dying in a hospital in Atlanta. Her husband was in the music industry. He was a caring and wonderful man who was born with a birth defect that affected his arms. Sadly, his son was born with severe birth defects. Loved this man and this song!!

The cat in the hat playing guitar is Leon Russel - The Master of Space and Time - who did all of the arrangements for the tour. For your next Cocker outing, I'd strongly recommend Russel's song Delta Lady, written about Rita Coolidge, who was then one of the backing singers before she rose to fame herself. Sadly, Coolidge claims she never used to hang around "wet and naked in the garden" but I'd bet there are millions of my generation that have that image burnt into our imaginations.

Joe Cocker and Leon Russell. How could it go wrong?❤️❤️

In Sir Paul McCartney's own words John and I wrote it Joe Cocker owned it, the Woodstock version is the definitive version and better than this, but wow Joe Cocker is just amazing with this , brilliant is an understatement.

@malcolmbrown7683

3 жыл бұрын

Woodstock is not better than this. Much better backing singers and instrumentation.

@BernardWilkinson

3 жыл бұрын

@@malcolmbrown7683 I think Joes vocal performance at Woodstock is better.

@joshb23

Жыл бұрын

I would vote for the version on Mad Dog and Englishmen as the definitive version. CORRECTION! What, nobody was going to call me out? This wasn't on Mad Dogs, although that's a brilliant live album, 1970 at Fillmore East! I must be thinking of Woodstock, my personal favorite, despite backup vocals lacking a little bit.

@rickrichardson1141

Жыл бұрын

Woodstock version all day long

@jimwilcox2964

Жыл бұрын

Wonder what Woodstock would have been if the ladies could have got there to do the backing vocals. The falsettos of the string section wouldn't be there and what else would have changed

You just watched one of the truly great and iconic video's of the '70's. The stage is absolutely full of legends of rock and all performing with such great energy and passion, so typical of the time it was made. God rest Joe, he was a one-off..

Leon Russell accompanying Joe on guitar! #Legends.

I had the privilege of seeing Joe Cocker live in 2008 when he was 64. This song had the crowd on their feet and me in tears! The entire concert had such an amazing energy I still have vivid memories.

@ed.z.

Жыл бұрын

I saw him in the seventies and he was epic. What an amazing performance.

The Woodstock version may be one of the best live stage performances of any song ever!!

@moirabaker458

10 күн бұрын

Except for the non existent backing singers, if my memory serves me well....

One of the absolute keys to performing is emotional investment. Have you ever, ever seen an artist more invested in a performance? I can’t think of another.

@jamessweet5341

2 ай бұрын

Joplin comes to mind.

This was Joe Cocker and the mad dogs and Englishmen Saw them way back when

As someone once said "if you can remember the sixties your weren't reeally there!" RIP Joe.

@George-gk5bu

Жыл бұрын

That's glib BS. I lived it and remember it well. The sixties help define my whole future.

There's covering a song and doing a good job, then there's covering a song and twisting it and making it their own, and thats what Joe did with this

@barbarapavia5170

3 жыл бұрын

Had a huge crush on Leon Russell, the piano player on the top hat

"You are so beautiful". A really moving song.

I love this performance, more so than the Woodstock one. The backing vocals are woeful at Woodstock. This had a great ensemble, and looking at young Rita Coolidge is always fun.

@bobtheteddybear

2 жыл бұрын

The backing girl singers at Woodstock got stuck in the traffic, so the band had to do it themselves.

@MrJkbridge

Жыл бұрын

@@bobtheteddybear I think they did a fine job.

@johnbrowne3950

Жыл бұрын

Woodstock version is the best.

He felt the music to his very core. That’s music my friend

Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour with Leon Russell and the band that recorded Layla with Eric Clapton...and those that didn't work on Layla recorded All Things Must Pass with George Harrison...incredible talent on that stage!!! Two drummers, Jim Gordon and Jim Keltner

@coachstubudgell1242

Жыл бұрын

Best band name ever..... Apparently the tour was one wild party.

Cry me a river live!!! An absolute must. The masterful soul singing of Joe Cocker and Leon Russell on piano in an unforgettably iconic performance.

One very special era in time. Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison. True originals. Not overly produced. Pretty great stuff.

Joe covering Feelin Alright is a great listen.

This song defined the generation for me. Btw a lot of very famous people were backing him here :)

Fantastic, fantastic, the fabulous Joe Cocker. A completely unique artist.

Joe Cocker, getting by with a little help from his friends!

He's not intoxicated, guys -- That's how he ALWAYS looks when he's in the middle of a concert and swept up in the music.

Joe Cocker also covered :She came in to the bathroom window " from the Beatles (Abbey Road). Also a great cover!

@garyarmstrong994

Жыл бұрын

And Something

The Shelter People years with Mad Dogs and Englishmen Leon Russell and Rita Coolidge on vocals. Both 1970s heavy hitters.

The whole of the Mad Dogs tour is worth listening to.

@stevetreloar3129

3 жыл бұрын

Leon Russell...what a cat!

@myratatano5187

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, all of the Mad Dogs and Englishmen! Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, et. al!

The man was a force of nature... Just great. Fully deserving of the S tier. Someone else has suggested Delta Lady as your next Joe Cocker song and I would heartily second that..

The down and dirty version from the mighty Joe. No further words necessary.💪🏻🥂

I was 15 when I bought this single in 1968. It was and still is a classic cover. Joe makes it his own!

Joe Cocker was a great singer now sadly missed. Look at his Mad Dogs and English Men album and tour.

Everything the singer had learned from Ray Charles’s records, and his native Sheffield’s pub circuit, went into alchemising Ringo Starr’s amiable version on Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band into a soul-blues classic. Backed by his road-hardened Grease Band, Cocker appeared possessed by the song, roaring it with a gravel-rough voice, his hands shaking at his side, and his body spasming.

@garymaidman625

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, that way of "dancing" wasn't just with this song, it was just the way Joe "danced".

That's Joe for ya, the man was phenomenal. His voice is unique, his shows are amazing and his persona captivating. And yes, to me the same notion, this song is one of those rare occasions where the cover beats the original. And of all artists out there, to out-do the original... he outdid the freakin Beatles... that's like... i dunno.. god-tier levels? Thnx for the react guys :D

Saw Joe 5 times live. First was his Mad Dogs and Englishmen Tour in 1970. Unforgettable experience, it was truly a celebration of the joy of music. I miss him.

Cry Me A River knocked me out, when I saw It on TV, at age 11 in 1971 . It still does. It's on the Mad Dogs and Englishmen album. It's rivaling With A Little Help Of My Friends on the title Best Cover Ever.

Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Joe Cocker made this his signature song, poured his heart and soul into every performance of this song for the rest of his life. R.I.P.

Joe does some Banger live performances....especially : The Letter, Hitchcock Railway and Feeling Alright. Next Level stuff

It was said that a song hadn`t been sung until Joe had sung it.

He had cerebral pacey. My mom met him when my 1st cousin was dying in the hospital out of state. Her husband was in the music industry. His son was born with serious health problems. He was and is an amazing man.

God I miss Joe Cocker. What a unique talent. I wouldn't trade the music of my youth for a billion dollars.

OMG lads ......so glad you are diving into the legends 😍 Joe did an epic performance at Woodstock x

Got to see Joe in concert back in 1990. Co-headlining tour with some guy you may have heard of; none other than Stevie Ray Vaughan. The greatest show I have ever seen!

There is nothing more intriguing than the opening line SHE CAME IN THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW....

This version is so iconic to the end of the 60s. It was used as the theme to the TV show "The Wonder Years".

Great reaction. Joe always blew the roof off. The drummer with the afro was the drummer for Derek and the Dominos. Leon Russell was on guitar. Skunk Baxter or sax. What a show. Watch his rendition of The Letter.

This version is better than the original indeed! Thanks guys, been waiting for this! Whiskey time...

You've tapped into a gold mine here! Cocker's Cry Me River, You Can Keep Your Hat On, Feeling Alright, The Letter are all sublime Joe Cocker hits. And then you need to check out the dude in the top hat on this video, multi-instrument aficionado and song writer Leon Russell. His opus from the Mad Dogs and Englishmen Tour included A Song For You, and Delta Lady. But my favorite song is his 1971 hit Stranger In A Strange Land. To see the massive list of Rock Legends Russell played with check out wikipedia's entry on his work.

@FanOblues51

Жыл бұрын

Now I will start bingeing Leon Russell on KZread and not get anything done ...

For me, his other absolute banger is Delta Lady

@jodavey7709

3 жыл бұрын

With Leon Russell ❤🎹

Seeing this I think you can understand how this was the " Mad Dogs and English man " tour .. great band and a unique vocal talent!

It’s just so visceral - what a performance

The legendary Leon Russell in the blue top hat playing guitar.

We all meant the Woodstock version! Our bad, we didn't say.😄 This is good, too. But that's the great one.

The Letter, you have to do "The Letter" from Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englismen

The late John Belushi did an incredible impression of him (and of Roy Orbison) on "Saturday Night Live".

You might like the live and longer version of time is tight by booker T and the MGs . It's pure genius .

So glad you let it play through without stopping it all the time.

Also you have to admire Joe Cocker as he was struck down with polio at about ten i believe, he was from Sheffield Yorkshire England, and became a nation legend

@jonnyenglish2701

3 жыл бұрын

Correct! My home town.

@sallybannister6224

3 жыл бұрын

Spot on, 👌🏻

@personalcheeses8073

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonnyenglish2701 Mine too

@gerarddekovel9324

3 жыл бұрын

He never had polio???????

@sallybannister6224

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerarddekovel9324 I saw tgat comment too, and thought the same, he never had polio. I know Ian Drury, did, 👍🏻

This is magnificent - there’s no other word for it.

Check out Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Great Album by the late greats Joe Cocker and Leon Russel

You would really enjoy seeing the movie made of this concert tour, Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Every performance is incredible.

Some great musicians there -

I actually saw them perform at a small college in Pa in 1970, it was Such a great concert. Saw Joe again in the 80's at the Warner theatre in DC another intimate venue. Joe is one of my favorite Performers ever

Leon Russell. So missed. Saw him last at a small supper club a few months before he died. I sat ten feet away with a great angle to see his hands on the piano and a side view of his face. I think he sang every song he ever wrote. And told stories in between each song. It was incredible: I hadn’t seen him since George Harrison’s fundraiser for Bangladesh (1971!). He died in 2016.

Just a few bits of info on Joe... Legend has it that he downed almost an entire bottle of Irish whiskey over the course of every show but it never affected his performance. Later in life he quit drinking and became a teetotaller. He grew up in the working class county of Sheffield which is in South Yorkshire. He worked as a gravedigger and a plumber to make a living because he didn't finish school. He was obsessed with 'The Beatles" and played their albums incessantly. It was when he sang along to the songs that he first realised he could actually sing, albeit with a bluesey growl. He covered various Beatles songs such as 1. "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" 2. "I'll Cry Instead" 3. "Something" 4. "With a Little Help from my Friends" 5. "Let it Be" 6. "You've Got to Hide Your Love "Away" 7. "Come Together" (My personal favourite. His version is incredible and he totally made that song his own). His performance at Woodstock singing "With a Little Help from my Friends" was unforgettable. It made him a soul/blues/R&B legend. Joe made a cameo appearance as the character "Mr. Kite" in the movie based on the music of "The Beatles" entitled "Across the Universe". He sang the song "Come Together". The dude in the top hat that appears in this video is his long time collaborator Leon Russell. Russell usually played keyboards but sometimes played guitar as well. He did most of the musical arrangements for the songs, giving them an entirely new sound. The two of them seemed to be able to communicate almost via osmosis on stage. It was uncanny how in sync they were with each other. A few of Joe's other songs I highly recommend you listen to are... "Marjorine" "Delta Lady" "The Letter" (Russell's keyboards (piano) in this song are amazing and the sax is to die for) "Feelin' Alright" and my personal all-time favourite Joe Cocker song..."Cry me a River". If you can listen to that song and not feel like tappin' your toes, snappin' your fingers and bangin' your head... please check your pulse.

One of the greatest

It's the Woodstock live version you need to see. I was out of sync, were you?

@childofeternity

3 жыл бұрын

I personally prefer this version to Woodstock. Woodstock's got better sound quality but the whole vibe here - with the backing singers, all the musicians and the crescendo climax makes it something special.

@barbarapavia5170

3 жыл бұрын

I have the three album set of Woodstock, and they still left stuff out

@wicky4473

3 жыл бұрын

@@barbarapavia5170 same here!

@JulioLeonFandinho

3 жыл бұрын

this is much better than Woodstock's, even if Woodstock is a great performance... but this is from one of the better live rock performances ever from one of the best live albums ever

@KlausJLinke

3 жыл бұрын

"Joe Cocker Misheard Lyrics with subtitles" is hilarious.

Quite simply, for many, Joe Cocker is simply a legend. His longevity ,emotion and passion he brings to every song and performance is unbeaten. My friends were lucky to have seen him many times 'best concert ever' they bragged.For me, he got better with age. So I suggest 'You are so beautiful' his classic ballad, 'Can't Find My Way Home' for production and more emotion and from his last album (I think) 'I come in Peace' a great rocky number.

This version was the music at start of ' the wonder years tv series.

@willswomble7274

3 жыл бұрын

Who gives a toss?

Guys. The band...actually everyone on stage were famous front other bands. They got together for this tour. First instance the guy in the top hat and band leader was Leon Russell. They came together to play music and tour.

I saw joe in the montreal forum in 1990 with stevie ray vaughn who died within two weeks there was no head liner they played for over six hours love joe God bless his soul and stevie it was amazing and don't forget you are so beautiful and countless others great show I will remember forever

He did another great Beatles cover of "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window", so you might want to hit that one. I'm glad you did this version - there's also a Woodstock performance that's well-regarded, but this has by far the better background vocals.

I never saw this particular version, his friends are Leon Russell on guitar with "his Family" as he referred to his band mates. The best performance I think is still the Woodstock version. For a laugh you guys should check out vintage Saturday Night Live with John Belushi impersonating him. IT IS THE BEST!!!

Wonder Years guys...JC was phenomenal

Another Woodstock alum is part of that musical experience -- the drummer with the tight Afro is Michael Shrieve, who played that iconic drum solo on Santana's "Soul Sacrifice.

Wow, I was waiting for this reaction. Ray Charles' favourite singer!

Check out Joes performance at woodstock. Crazy Englishman.

The drummer was the youngest on the Woodstock Festival. He played with Carlos Santana. Hola desde CHIHUAHUA MEXICO.

Jim Keltner on Drums, Leon Russel on Guitar, Nicky Hopkins Keyboards , Rita Coolidge one of the many back up singers. A Star studded line- up that toured.

@Paul197A

3 жыл бұрын

Jim Gordon on drums as well. His girlfriend was Rita Coolidge who he stole the second half of Layla from.

@keithwilson1554

3 жыл бұрын

@@Paul197A Yes Jim Gordon he worked on All Things Must Pass with George Harrison

Ill never understand why Joe was never indited to the rock and roll hall of fame. R.I.P

Woodstock Joe's little help from My friends.. best

Groooovy, baby! Andy & Alex realize they need a time machine as they were born way too late.

"I got a letter for my Fred". It's in there. Great reaction.

The great story about Maddogs and Englishman is that Joe got to America without a band. Leon Russell put together and rehearsed a group of all stars on the fly. A cast of legends.

Put his heart, soul, his socks and bottom of his boots into that one, real class act Joe was.

And what an arrangement by the guitarist Leon Russell.